Organization of Tightly Packed DNA at Different Cell Stages (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Organization of Tightly Packed DNA at Different Cell Stages

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These renderings show a tightly packed form of DNA called heterochromatin, as it exists in a mouse cell's nucleus, at different stages of cell development: a multipotent stem cell (left), a neuronal progenitor (middle), and a mature nerve cell (right).

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Berkeley Lab, UCSF

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